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发帖数: 1032 | 1 http://money.cnn.com/2010/09/30/pf/taxes/highest_property_taxes
New Jersey residents pay the highest annual tax bill of any state - a median
$6,579 per year, according to the Tax Foundation, which calculated the
tally using data the U.S. Census Bureau released on Tuesday.
264Email Print CommentConnecticut comes in second place ($4,738), followed
by New Hampshire ($4,636) and New York ($3,755).
Of course, the reason for high taxes vary. You don't want to feel too bad
for New Hampshire, for example. They don't pay income or sales tax.
"It comes down to two things," said Gerald Prante, senior economist with the
Tax Foundation. "The demands for services placed on governments and the
reliance on property taxes as opposed to other sources of revenue."
Some local governments simply offer more services to taxpayers, spending
more on schools, for example. Citizens demand services and must pay for them
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Higher taxes for the rich: What they'll pay
The lowest-taxed homeowners live mostly south of the Mason-Dixon Line, with
Louisianans the lowest taxed of all. The median there is a microscopic $243.
Other low-tax states are Alabama ($398), West Virginia ($464), and
Mississippi ($508).
Louisiana is able to keep taxes low because it has access to lucrative oil
and gas revenue. Instead of taxing residents, it taxes oil extractors. Of
course, that raises prices for gasoline, effectively taxing drivers across
the country.
"Louisiana exports a large portion of its taxes," said Prante. | n*********e
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发帖数: 2632 | 3 这不是刚需么。没有房，哪里来的 date.
【在 n*********e 的大作中提到】
: 居然还有那么多人买房...
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